Track-sanding device



(No Model.)

A. & E. 0. GOLDSMITH.

TRACK SANDING DEVICE. 'No. 500,882.

Patented July 4, 1893'.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT GOLDSMITH, OF SALEM, AND EDWARD C. GOLDSMITH, OF SPRING- FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TRACK -SANDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,882, dated July 4., 1893.

Application filed March 15, 1893- To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALBERT GOLDSMITH,

a resident of Salem, in the county of Essex,

and EDWARD C. GOLDSMITH, a resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States,

have jointly invented new and useful Improvements in Track-Sanding Devices, of

which the following, taken in connection with [0 the accompanying drawings,is a specification.

The invention relates to a track sanding device for the purpose of sanding the rails on street car or other tracks for the purpose of preventing the wheels from slipping on the rails in wet weather or when going up inclines.

The invention is particularly designed for electric or other motor cars but may be used to advantage on other tramway or street cars as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a plan view of the invention showing a portion of the car, to which it is applied, in section. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section on the line 22 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 represents a cross-section on the line 3-3 shown in Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

In the drawings A represents the floor of an electric or other motor car, and Bis one of the Wheels rolling on the rail 0 as usual.

D is the car body, and E is one of the side seats arranged therein.

A represents one of the end platforms, and F the dasher at the end of the platform A in the ordinary manner.

WVithin the car, preferably below one of the seats E, we locate a hopper or downwardly tapering sand receptacle G provided at its bottom with a sand outlet pipe g, the lower end of which is connected to a flexible conveyer g terminating at a suitable distance above the rail Oas shown in Fig. 2. By using a flexible delivery tube g it is prevented from injury in case it should come in contact with obstructions on thetrack. The upper end 9" of the outlet pipe g serves as a valve seat for Serial No. 466,043. (No model.)

the tapering or conical metal valve plug H, having an upper convex end It for the purpose of allowing the sand to flow downward in a free and unobstructed manner when the valve is raised.

h is the upwardly projecting valve stem, secured to or made in one piece with the valve II, and said valve stem is connected atits upper end to a lever I pivoted at 7; and connected at its forward end toarod or link K, which passes loosely through the car floor and is connected below the latter to a lever L which is hung at Z and has its free end guided in a forked bracket M secured to the under side of the platform A. The front end of said lever L rests loosely on top of a weighted lever N which is hung at min the lower end of the bracket M and is connected at its forward end to a pedal rod 0 passing upwardly through a guide orperforation in the platform A and is preferably covered by acap or caseP hinged to the dasher F or other part of the platform as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

R is a spring interposed between the lever I and the hopper G, or other stationary object for the purpose of aiding in closing the conical valve plug H against its seat when said valve is released.

Whenever the niotorman or other man in charge of the car desires to sand the track all So that he has to do is to raise the cap P to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which may be done easily with his foot; he new places his foot on the pedal 0 and by depressing it causes the levers N, L and I to be tripped by which the conical valve H is raised above its seat suificiently to allow a portion of the sand in the hopper G to run out through pipe 9 and its flexible conductor g. The weight'of the conical valve H and the force of the spring R causes the valve to be returned to its seat g" as soon as the operator lets go the pressure on the pedal rod 0.

For the purpose of preventing passengers standing on the platform A from acciden- 5 tally depressing the pedal rod 0, it is normally kept covered by the hinged cap P as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

S, S, are pins or lateral projections on the valve spindle h for-the purpose of disinte- 10:)

grating the sand during the upwardmotion of the valve H in case it should be moist or lumpy.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction,and operation of our invention, we

Wish to secure by Letters Patent and claimoted intermediate its ends and having a free end extending toward the front of the car platform, a pedal 0 extending through the car platform, and a leverN attached to the pedal, pivoted between its ends and having one end bearing against the free end of the lever L, substantially as described.

2. A track sanding device, consisting of a sand receptacle G having a delivery pipe, a valve I-I controlling the flow of sand to the delivery pipe, a valve-lever I pivoted between its ends and connected at one end with the valve, a lever L pivoted intermediate its ends and connected with the valve-lever and hav- 3. The combination with a sand receptacle having a delivery pipe, a valve for controlling the flow. of sand to the delivery pipe, a pedal extending through the ear platform, and connections between the pedal and the valve, of a pedal guard consisting of a pivoted case or cap adapted to cover and uncover the pedal, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,on this 6th day of March, A. D. 1893.

ALBERT GOLDSMITH. EDWVARD C. GOLDSMITH. Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, ALICE A. PERKINS. 

